Margie Vandeven

JEFFERSON CITY – Proposed school standards for Missouri are designed to make students more active learners, rather than just memorizing rote facts,…

Struggling school districts in the St. Louis area got some welcome good news with this year’s annual report card from the state.Riverview Gardens,…

Missouri students took a new MAP test in the spring, but results released Tuesday show that the achievement gap between all students and disadvantaged…

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri’s education commissioner said she is optimistic that Normandy schools will have enough money to remain open for the coming…

As Missouri schools head into the heart of standardized test season, with new exams given in new ways, state education officials are checking closely to…

Margie Vandeven has been Missouri’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education for less than two months, but she’s hardly a newcomer to the…

(Updated at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 17, with news conference)Margie Vandeven may be Missouri’s new commissioner for elementary and secondary education, but she’ll…

Updated at 4:57 p.m. with comments from DESE's Margie Vandeven; Peter Herschend, State Board of Education President; and Chris Nicastro, Mo. Education…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 1, 2011 - Missouri education officials have already modified their application for a waiver…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 12, 2011 - When Missouri education officials abruptly withdrew a proposal earlier this year to…